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Just as he was an Elk, a Booster, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce, just as the priests of the Presbyterian Church determined his every religious belief and the senators who controlled the Republican Party decided in little smoky rooms in Washington what he should think about disarmament, tariff, and Germany, so did the large national advertisers fix the surface of his life, fix what he believed to be his individuality. These standard advertised wares — toothpastes, socks, tires, cameras, instantaneous hot-water heaters — were his symbols and proofs of excellence; at first the signs, then the substitutes, for joy and passion and wisdom.Which of the following most clearly represents what Sinclair Lewis is criticizing in the selection from BabbittA) US failure to join League of Nations after WWIB) growth of big businesses during 1920sC) control of US government by Protestant religious establishmentsD) shallow and superficial nature of American Society

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